Ecstatic Science

The Boston Globe reports on one of the proposed legal studies into possible therapeutic benefits of MDMA, ecstasy to the kids–this one conducted by Harvard medicos on 12 terminal cancer patients, and bankrolled by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). This particular experiment–which hopes to "avoid sedating people, to allow them to maintain a good quality of life so they can enjoy the time they have with family and friends," says one of the docs involved–is still awaiting the necessary Drug Enforcement Administration approval. (I hope it makes you all feel safe to know that doctors and scientists require the approval of federal drug cops to do their work.)

[Link via Rational Review.]